Fish rod



Paiemeaiuiy 27, 1926.,"

ROY F. nsimvn'n, or Los ANGELES, ontironniii. f

U Fisir non. 1

Application niet otobei- 14, 1925 serial NoT fsa-i12;

The principal objectof my invention is'rto providey a specially made fishing rod `designed to return to its'Origina-l alinement` after undergoing severe and prolonged vone-way flexing incidentalto lifting a fish, and so buildingthe rody as to best sustain that spec-ial one-way strain, yrather thanv to make a rodv in which universal flexing is eX- peoted and 'provided `for," and l accomplish this result byvso building my improved y'rod when longitudinally stretched will resume j its original length, while ifcompressed it will not. With this general v property of woods inmind, I build my improved rods yout of. two 'different kinds of material, 'eX'- y tending longitudinally of the rod fromone end tothe other, one longitudinal half "of the rod being' made of a materia-l having great tensile strength and `elastic-ity, such as hickory, and the other half theieofybeing made of a material .which has a higher comltire length'of the rod, making one unitof laminated construction, said vrod being v so is flexed-the upper side is to a. slight degree ,n

pings,-and line guides arranged along the vupper half, whereby the correct position of Lic the `rod is indicated by `said guidesinorder assembled that the line guidesfand the mate-,

rial of great tensile st-rengt-hand elasticity 'are on what iniise is the upper or convened.

side of the rodl as flexed in lift-ing a fish, and

which said upper" side is 'then subjected.`

solely 'to a tension ror stretching'strain by reason'of the higher compression-resisting quality of the under, or concaved side ofthe rod, coupled with they fact that while the rod longer than the under side,"1tlie median plane, which `is tudinal strain.

Injorder `to more fullyexplain my invention, I have illustrated thesame ont-he ac-V coinpanying sheet of drawingsyn which,-r

Figure l is a light brokenl line drawing of' a handle, detached from the rod and form ing no part lof the invention; v

vFigure 2 is a side elevation of a iish rod embodying my invention, showing in light broke-n lines the manner in which a pole or rod is flexed or bent in use; and

Figure 3 i is an enlarged, fragmentary View, in section, to show the construction.'

In building my viishing rods, two materials, as 1 and 2, are selected,the material l, being such as will stretch longitudinallyand contract Without breakingd while material,l

glued, taining-no longi-v fquality-'of the palma brava,I

2, is that it will withstandlongitudinal" compression' strain with no diminution of length. The two, halves are prepared to fit togetherflatwise, vas at 3,` the taper being gradual from the larger end to the smaller end,"s`ubstantially as illustrated, `the two halves being thoroughly glued and bound together from end to end. f The binding, designated 4, is shown in connection withone of the linejguide members,"5, Fig. 8. Y as to take advantage of the facts that wood l Thus I have provided a durable and satisfactory fishing rod and one ywhich will restrain oi' ieXing iiione-way repeatedly and 4will do this because it. is constructed of' `inaterials yspecially designed for the service requiredy and so rela-ted to each other that lturn to perfect ali-nement and 'willI stand the I 70 they cooperatein nialiingthis function posysible without injury to the rod.

y' 2. .A fishing rod of the character referred to,l the! upper longitudinal-half of which is made of wood having stretching qualities and the lower half 'of which is made of wood A'having aV higher compressioii-resisting quality, said halves being glued tog-ether .along the median planey and bound with wrapto determine the 'one-way flexing characteristie of said rod. l

g 3. A. fishing rod of the character shown and described, the upper longitudinal',halfl is made of lhickoryandthe lower longi'- by reason of thestretching quality of hic ioryv rand" the y higher compression-resisting Signed at; Losv` i' Angeles v county, California, this 7thda'y ofv Octoberlvitoria, 1B. snavnaj 

